August 23, 2016

With the PhotoShelter mobile app, you can manage your business from anywhere in the world: access your full PhotoShelter archive, deliver images, send invitations, upload to PhotoShelter straight from your Camera Roll, download high-res images from your archive to your device, and more

Currently available for single-user accounts only; requires an active Basic, Standard, or Pro account

If you serve as Library Staff or a Contributor on a Libris or Multi-User account (in addition to your own personal PhotoShelter account), you will see a "Switch Accounts" link in the "Hi, [first name]" menu of the top nav, to allow for efficient switching between accounts or roles

December 14, 2015

HTML5 WEBSITE UPDATE:

Bug fix: fixed an issue that prevented some portfolio images from being shared on Facebook

November 3, 2015

HTML5 WEBSITE UPDATES:

Improvements to social sharing from portfolio pages (all HTML5 templates)

This is sent hourly, in order to group together stream contributions that are submitted in batch

Changes introduced by “Like” button:

New instant email to curators: “You have new stream submissions”

Miscellaneous changes:

Consolidated usage of “Add to board” form

“Add to board” link is now always displayed (even when user is not logged in)

March 10, 2015

LATTICE UPDATE:

Introducing Lattice watermarks! (single-image view only)

When an image is viewed individually, the text from the IPTC Copyright field will display in the lower left hand corner of the image (if no IPTC Copyright info is included, we will display your Site Name or the name on your account)

The watermark is embedded in the image itself, so if the image is screenshot or saved from the page source code, the copyright info will persistently remain within view

March 5, 2015

LATTICE UPDATE:

Lattice search and curation are now fully open to the public!

Lattice participants no longer need to request an invite to use the Lattice search or create boards

March 3, 2015

LATTICE UPDATES:

Global search support added to streams

This allows you to contribute any Lattice participant’s images (not just your own) to other curators’ boards

This also improves the overall “Add Image” workflow, as curators may now add to boards from the boards themselves (no need to visit the main search page every time)

When viewing a board, click “Add Image” and then the “Search all images” toggle beneath the search box to use the global search function

Filtering by photographer is now supported from boards (no longer a feature exclusive to the stream)

Reduced size of images displayed on boards (default size for standard aspect ratios is now 500px on the image’s longest side)

Also improved image display for less common image sizes, e.g. panoramics

This improves the appearance of boards while also making the file size smaller for security reasons

Implemented a 10-image maximum per photographer per board, in an effort to foster more collaboration and diversity

Email notifications updates

Revamped daily digest email to display most relevant info first, along with personalized subject lines that draw attention to the highest priority events for you

In addition to the normal export features, the Publish Service tracks any changes you make to your original files in Lightroom and gives you the option of automatically updating the versions on PhotoShelter

The Publish Service replaces the existing PhotoShelter export plugin, though it is not harmful to run the two side by side

If you previously used the Pact Software publish plugin and you install the PhotoShelter version, the Pact plugin will be automatically disabled (but not deleted) in the Lightroom plugin manager – you can re-enable it at any time

October 16, 2014

IMAGE BROWSER UPDATE:

Video tour introduced to highlight key features of the Image Browser

New users will see this video the second time they access the Image Browser

Can also be accessed anytime from the top nav bar via Help->Tour This Page

ADMIN AREA UPDATE:

“Help” item in the top nav bar is now a drop-down menu that includes Contact and Support Center links

September 4, 2014

You may upload to existing galleries or new ones you create from the Site Builder

To access this functionality, visit your Site Builder -> Featured Work Settings -> +New Gallery or +Collection/Gallery

Any galleries created from the Site Builder will be public and featured by default. Similarly, any image uploaded from the Site Builder will be set to searchable. These settings may be later edited from the Image Browser

Featured Work Settings -> gallery/collection options are now consolidated under a single menu, denoted by a gear icon next to the gallery/collection’s name

Font & color picker improvements: fonts and color schemes may now be previewed from within the left panel (no longer requiring them to be selected before a preview is displayed)

New sliders for yes/no options

Image previews (e.g. for logos, background images, bio photos, etc.) are now previewed from the Site Builder’s left panel

New styles for drop-down menus

Uploader introduced!

New option to rename galleries/collections from the Site Builder

A design upgrade that improves the user experience. You’ll notice:

August 19, 2014

BEAM PLATFORM UPDATES:

All templates:

Archive single image view: enabled on-image clicking to navigate to the previous/next image

Custom pages now support dynamic title tags (which typically display at the top of a browser tab or window). After a custom page is created, this setting is accessed in Site Builder->Custom Page->Page Title

To access the new setting, grab the embed code from the Image Browser (Right Pane -> Share -> Embed as slideshow)

CLASSIC WEBSITES PLATFORM UPDATE:

Flash-based slideshow update: Embedded slideshows will now fall back to the HTML slideshow where Flash is not supported (e.g. smartphones and tablets) -- previously, this fallback functionality was only supported for Flash slideshows on PhotoShelter sites

The Quick Search option can now be turned on/off in Site Builder->Quick Search Settings

The “Load More” button on the homepage has been removed. Now as a visitor scrolls down, more images will load automatically, without requiring any clicking

The “Portfolio” text link in the bottom right of the homepage can now be customized or removed entirely. This can be accessed in Site Builder -> Portfolio Cover Settings

If “Recently updated galleries” is chosen as the content source in Site Builder-> portfolio link -> Featured Galleries Settings, the system will now show a maximum of 28 galleries on the portfolio page, rather than the previous 10

Choice of slideshow image transitions, time between slides, and auto-play behavior

Option to display caption and other image metadata

Improved toolbar usability: The image info menu may now be expanded/collapsed with a new double arrow icon; the link to the Archive view of the image has been changed from a nested text link to a persistent “i” icon

PhotoShelter's relationship with East Sussex, UK-based Spectrum Photographic has been sunset due to a changing business focus. We wish Spectrum the best and are grateful for our years of good work together!

Where possible, prints/products previously priced for sale through Spectrum Photographic have been mapped to Glasgow-based Loxley Colour.

All Spectrum orders pending photographer approval must be approved by February 25, 2014.

October 10, 2013

Changed portfolio image's "i" link behavior to preserve the image's gallery position when clicking through to the Archive view (allows visitors to continue browsing the full gallery from the Archive side)

October 7, 2013

BEAM PLATFORM UPDATES:

All templates: Fixed bug that could cause site to hang if the logo image became unavailable (e.g. deleted)

September 30, 2013

BEAM PLATFORM UPDATES:

Marquee and Promenade templates:

Introduced focal point selection tool, which allows the user to select the image's point of centering (allows for more consistent cropping of full-bleed images across various screen sizes)

September 27, 2013

BEAM PLATFORM UPDATES:

Marquee, Shuffle and Promenade templates: Fixed bug preventing galleries with a single image from loading

Data is now properly encrypted in all cases, ensuring maximum security and deliverability

Considerably improved speeds when adding new FTPS destinations (load times reduced to 10 seconds max; previous peak load times were up to 1 minute)

September 3, 2013

SALES TOOLS UPDATE:

Stripe payment solution: Sellers may now list prices in the Euro (this aligns with today's launch of Stripe in Ireland)

August 27, 2013

CLIENT DELIVERY TOOLS UPDATES:

Optimizations to outbound FTP queue handling, including:

Increased maximum number of files that can be concurrently sent

Measures to ensure better distribution and fair usage across the queue, particularly during peak FTP sending times (e.g. the hours surrounding a major event); these steps will prevent file transfer backlogs that could previously be caused by monopolization of queue resources